LaxLessons.com Playbook: Tiger Deuces 1-4-1

LaxLessons.com, the source for animated plays, drills, and practice plans, shares a great play to run when you need a quick solid look at the net, either with a time and room shot or a slip inside. Tiger Deuce is easy to teach and can be ran out of multiple formations.

Tiger Deuce is a popular double pick play typically ran best out of a 1-4-1 set. Here is the setup breakdown:

Your best dodging middie up top with the ball, best shooters inside on the crease, players that know how to set a solid pick on the wings (basketball athletes tend to be the best) and can handle the ball in tight, and finally your top ball handling attackman at X behind.

Tip: It helps if the picks on the inside are set at an angle. This way the shooters coming off the picks can come off and curl up towards the ball.

As the top middie (M1) dodges from up top, the players on the wings (M3 & A1) come in and set picks for the crease players (A3 & M2) to come off of for a time and room shot.

The players who set the screens (M3 & A1) should always look to slip inside for a quick catch and shot. This look will be open if the defensemen get confused and both jump out on the popping creaseman.

Attackmen at X (A2) should cheat into the backside crease (opposite side of ball carrier) looking for that skip pass from either dodging middie (M1) or the would be shooter that just popped off the screen (M2 or A3).